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minus-squareTheScaryDoor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe Rockies and most of the mountain ranges on the west coast were formed from the erosion of the Appalachian mountains!
minus-squareAOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat?
minus-squareTheScaryDoor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.uh.edu/nsm/news-events/stories/2018/0723-geologic-history.php Basically sediment from the Appalachian region was deposited by ancient rivers and wind currents, with this sediment later being uplifted and then eroded to form the Rockies.
minus-squareAOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoWild!
The Rockies and most of the mountain ranges on the west coast were formed from the erosion of the Appalachian mountains!
What?
https://www.uh.edu/nsm/news-events/stories/2018/0723-geologic-history.php
Basically sediment from the Appalachian region was deposited by ancient rivers and wind currents, with this sediment later being uplifted and then eroded to form the Rockies.
Wild!